2026-2026 Winter Challange - OVL Co. Maintenance Buildings

[Rick]

Ron, nice job on the doors and roof.

[PRR Modeler]

Ron great looking doors and roof.

[Jerry]

Ron nice work on those doors.  Very neatly made.

Jerry

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Ron.

I like the door handles.


Cheers, Mark.

[elwoodblues]

Thanks for the comments Larry, Rick, Curt, Jerry and Mark, they are really appreciated.

Stay tuned for another update shortly.

[elwoodblues]

More work today on the challenge build.

This is what I call "Poor Man's Tar Paper"




'Poor Man's Roofing" is made using a simple Kleenex, or tissue.





First step is to separate the plys.  Once that is done I mark lines every scale 3 feet.





The strips are cut using a very sharp pair of scissors.  I tried cutting the strips with an x-atco knife with a brand new never before used blade but it tends to tear the tissue rather than cut it.





Attaching the tissue to the roof is easy.  I used Tamiya flat black (XF-1) paint to "paint" the tissue to the roof.  Because the tissue is very porous the paint bleeds through the tissue and into the roof.





The tar paper installed on the roof. 

[elwoodblues]

"Poor Man's Tar Paper" - Part 2 




I used a black Sharpie to add "tar" along the seems.





Last step is to weather the roof using chalks.

At this point, I'm calling the roof completed. 

[elwoodblues]

And Then There Were Lights....

I decided to add lights to the building seeing as the one of the front doors will be completely open.





I used ACC to glue the SMD LED to the peak of the roof and also glued the wires along the rafter to the back wall.





Testing the LED. (OK, I did test the LED before installing it   )





The wires were then glued along a stud down to the floor.

[elwoodblues]

Final Pictures ......





Front view of the building.





The left side of the building.





The backside of the building.





The building mounted on the loading dock.





A night time shot.

Next up is building #2 - The Rigging Shed made by Sierra West Scale Models.